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ESTUARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("estuary" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "estuary"):
firth (a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland))
Instance hyponyms:
Humber (an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River)
Para; Para River (an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows)
La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata (an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay)
Holonyms ("estuary" is a part of...):
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Derivation:
estuarial (of or relating to or found in estuaries)
